WashU Tennis Teams Earn ITA Academic Awards

St. Louis, Mo., July 24, 2019 – The Washington University in St. Louis men's and women's tennis teams each received 2019 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic accolades, as announced by the organization.

Head coach Kelly Stahlhuth guided the WashU women to a 12-12 overall record, and the Bears were ranked No. 20 in the final ITA rankings.

The men's team had a cumulative GPA of 3.569 and had eight selections: Sam Komis, Konrad Kozlowski, J.J. Kroot, Bernardo Neves, Luke Smith, Koki Takabatake, Benjamin van der Sman and Mark Wu. The eight honorees were the second most in the UAA.

Head coach Roger Follmer led the WashU men to a 19-8 overall record and finished the season ranked No. 9 in the ITA rankings. The Bears advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the 13th-straight season.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letter winners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2018 and spring 2019).

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: be a varsity letter winner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters (including freshman through senior year).